A Utah man pleaded guilty last week to killing an Alaska woman who lived at the assisted living facility where he worked.
Kirby Calderwood, initially charged with first degree murder and other charges, pleaded guilty to second degree murder and will be sentenced to 99 years in prison with 12 years suspended adn 10 years probation, KTUU reported.
Anesha “Duffy” Murname was last seen on October 17, 2019, leaving the facility where she lived. She was never found, but a grand jury agreed that her death was a homicide two years later.
Calderwood worked at the facility where Murname lived and moved to Utah after she disappeared.
A tip to Kenai Peninsula Crime Stoppers fingered Calderwood on May 5, 2022, and later that year, his wife told investigators that he had told her he killed Murname in the crawlspace beneath his then-girlfriend’s house.
Investigators found Murname’s DNA in the crawlspace.
A search warrant uncovered a watch belonging to Murname in a drawer alongside her missing person poster.
According to an affidavit filed in the case, Calderwood told the Crime Stoppers tipster that he saw Murname while driving around looking for a victim and picked her up, Law&Crime reported. When he got to the house, he tortured and killer her then threw her phone in a lake and left her body in a dumpster.
Calderwood reportedly had a history of violent behavior, including rape and cruelty to animals.
Calderwood was arrested in May 2022. He will be formally sentenced on July 1.
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[Featured image: Kirby Calderwood/Homer Police Department]